Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
Part Four
Thursday 19 May 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Thursday 26 May 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
4/5. Donald Macleod looks at how Smetana's life changed when he became deaf and we hear the autobiographical quartet From My Life, in which Smetana depicts the occurrence of this terrible tragedy along with happier times from his youth.
Playlist
Song of Freedom
Paul Robeson (bass)
Alan Booth (piano)
Supraphon SUA 10062
The Song of the Sea
Czech Philharmonic Chorus
Supraphon SU 3040 2 211
"From My Life" String quartet no 1 in E minor
Cleveland Quartet
Donald Weilerstein and Peter Salaff (violins) James Dunham (viola) and Paul Katz (cello)
Telarc CD 80178
Rêves (Dreams) 1st 2nd 4th
William Howard (piano)
Helios CDH 88019
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